Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-09-30
party is now going forY

at the SOutn IMAM at tnSA1
Joined by ADLER men in the South Chesl1
the North TIE ''bloody chasm' between
the sections which had seemed to stand IN
the way of union of the forces of right
eousness and morality is disappearing,
and both found that in Prohibition they
had pure principle around which North
and South could rally. The feeling that
Patrick Henry had, when he said, "On
this question [ am not a Vlrginian. but
an American, /" was the feeling animating
the friends of Prohibition. The time has
come when New Workers, Virginians,
| Northern men and Southern men. can put
other things behind them and remember
only that in the cause of Prohibition they
are Americans. (applause). He had been
shocked some time ago e. see in the Phlla-
delphia ''Press" the statement that the
| Prohibition party no longer existed IN
Pennsy lvania-that the Grand Old Re-
I publican Party had taken ''step for
ward" on that question that brushed
away the necessity of the existence Of
Prohibition party. He looked to see what
this step forward was, and found it was
High License And then he watched
what effect this step forward had in other
States. The next Prohibition convention
in Ohio had 500 delegates 1t didn It seem
that the step forward had checked the
movement there much. In New Y ork the
next Prohibition convention had 900 dele
gates! And the next IN Pennsylvania itself,
where the party had ceased to exist, had
500 delegates-the largest ever held IN that
State. In North Carolina the vote has
grown from 400 to 1000, and the vote in
Maryland has increased in like proportion.
And now here is Prohibition State Con-
vention in Virginia (Applause). About
this convention he had received many let
tiers from Prohibition men in the counties,
regretting it was SO far that they could
not attend. but saying that for home work
they could be counted on, applause
That ''step forward In the whiskey inter
est is of rotten material and is going to
tumble, and the old political parties are
going to tumble with it. We are ordained
OF God for this work and we demand I'M
conditional success and will not stop till
we get it, (great applause).
I But we need politicians-pot politicians
| In the old, corrupt sense of the word, but
experienced organizers. 1t is a pity we
have not got them, but we Will have them
| yet.
We are here to-day convention to or
ganize third party. Without immodest
boasting we may fairly claim that this
convention is the equal intellectually of
the average Democratic and Republican
conventions, and now we must see that
the work we do to day is in line with the
most advanced Prohibition thought of the
country. 1t is party which is advanced
and advancing. Look at the votes cast by
it in the United States in these years:
| 1917. .................... 5,7OO
loIo....... ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 9,SOU
1851. ...... .................... lO,OO0
| 1851. .163 GOO
1885. .25O, 900
1000. ................ olU ,OOO
Is not that an advancing party? Great
applause.)
A CoLoRED MINISTER'S VIEWS,
Rev. M. G. Young, pastor of the A.
M. E. Church, (colored,) was called
for. He said he was Prohibitionist all
the way up and down and around and
| through, (applause.) He felt assured that
the Lord was on the side of this move
meat. Prohibition was the Grand Army
OF the Nation to go forth to free mems
souls. 1t is marching to the National
capitol, and the time will come when it
will have wiped out every saloon in the
country, (applause.)
Mr.. j. T. Griffith Jr., of Clarke county,
young delegate, about twenty years of
age, made few remarks evinciug much
earnestness for the cause.
THE PERMANENT ORGANIZATION
| The committee on permanent organiza-
ton reported the following
WI. shelburn of Montgomery, for Per-
manent Chairman, and j. A. Smith of
Nottoway, and r. FL. Bell of Staunton,
for Secretaries.
Committee on Platform-T. E. Taylor, of
Loudoun; j. T. Griffith, of CLARKE; F. A..
Shryock, Of Frederick; A b. Fultz, Of
staunton; W. W. Newman, of Augusta.
and Mac Chiles, (col.) of Staunton.
Committee on Plan of Organization
Samuel A. Eas7. of Augusta; Rev. G. T.
D. Collins, of Augusta; M. =. Dyer, (col1
OF Harrisonburg; j. H. Wise OF Rock
bridge, and G. E. Haines, of Staunton.
The body then adjourned till P. M.
THE AFTERNOON sEssION-THE PLAT
FORM.
The afternoon session was opened with
prayer by Rev. G. T. d. Collins.
The Chairman of the Platform Com
mitttee, Mr.. Taylor of Loudoun, then
submitted tie following platform
Whereas existing political parties have
proven either unable OF unwilling to legislate
have retarded the success of local option laws
and have ignored the demand for such laws as
will protect the interests of the State,
We, therefore. in State convention assembled.
hereby organize the Prohibition arty in Vir-
ginia, and invoke the support of all patriotic
citizens for the following platform of princi-
pies:
sovereign of men and to His laws human en-
| actments should conform to insure peace,
prosperity and happiness.
H. We believe the manufacture, importa-
tion, transportation and sale OF alcoholic
National constitutional and statuatory enact
ments vltahzed by party based upon the prtn-
clple, and uncompromisingly committed to.
the enforcement of the law.
~. We believe that men who sell their
Voles anu men VINO directly OF indirectly Duy
votes or corrupt voters should be DISTINGUISHED
and forever prevented from exercising the
right OF suffrage. We favor such amendments
to our naturalization laws as will conduce to an
intelligent and patriotic suffrage.
". We believe that since the manufacturer
is protected by restriction on imported goods
the wage worker should also be protected by
laws which will prevent the Importation or
stimulated Immigration of foreign cheap labor.
". We believe that the overbearing attitude
OF great corporations to the public Generally
and the tendency to exalt property at the ex-
pense OF manhood should be checked by the
abrOgatiOn of laws bearing uneouallv unOn